Wave-propelled motor.



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, i W. SNEB. WAVE PROP-LLED'MOTOR. APPLICATION FILED APR.3,1906.l

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No. 839,328. W. SNEB.

WAVE PROPELLED MOTOR.

A'PPLIGATIQN FILED A1 3.s',19oe.

. PATENTED DEC. 25, 190.6.

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To aZZ whom it may-concern:`

zen of the United States, residing at West; Elizabeth, in the county'of Allegheny-and .State of Penns lvania, have invented certain` UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.:

WILLIAM sNEE, E wEsT ELIZABETH, PENNsYLvANIA,ASSIGNOR To JOHN A. sNEE, -oE'WEsT ELIZABETH, I?,ENNSYLVANIA.v4

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. Patented Dao. 25, 1906.

i Application neaelalri-isyisoe serinrasoaess.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SNEE, a citinew and usefu Improvements in Wave-Pro# pelled Motors; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of `the invention, such as willl enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being' had and' to the to the accompanying drawi'ntgxs, hi h ereon, w c

gures of reference marked form a part of this speciicatio'n.

This invention' re'lates to an improved wave-propelled motor; and it comprises, in addition to a suitably-constructed frame, a series ofvertically-arranged deflecting-blades arranged at regular intervals about a circle, each of said-b ades being ta ent to an in,- scribedpeircle, a rotatable :'Iieel arranged within the circle of the deilecting-blades said wheel a 'plurality ofpropeller-,blades 'with intervening s ace between eachpair,

l an obtuse angle the'onewith the other; an vthe invention fureach of said 'pair orrni ther consists in the certainl details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully, described herinafter.

In the accompanying drawings', Figure -1 is a central `side sectiona 'elevation of my imroved wave-propelled "motor, 'the saine belng constructed and arranged in accordance with n1 inventions Fig. 2 is vg'fsectional plan view o Vthe saIn'e, saidsection taken on the line a; :v ofFigyl. ig. 3 is a side eleva` "tion of the'bed-plate, showing a portionof Toconstru'ct a wave-motor and a 4' the standards which support the topilate.

v a'ptthe same foruse in the ocean, lakes, or rivers having :a 'pronounced current, I irst utin,l

place a suitable yfoundation 1, upo'n w 'ch is secured,by bolts 3 a bed-plate 2. This bedlate 'gnomprises a flat rectangular casting liaving at its center a socket 6 for the reception of the lower end of a vertically-arranged shaft7 and is also providedwith a series of upwardly-projecting flanges 2, towhich vertical delecting-blades vare attached. This shaft 7 isprovided witha collar 9 and is ar# ranged-@Jin aball-bearing at the base, said bearing. consisti lformed on the top -dished or curved in cross-section an y yof a sleeve-cap 8, resting upon a'series of alls arranged. -In a. groove' .oa boss 5, cast Integral with the bed-plate 2, which engages withthe above-mentionedcap 8 to exclude sand Aor dirt from the bearing, as will be best seen at Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.l Resting upon the top of the cap 8 is an annular lateorwheel` 11, which is made rigid with lt e shaft 7 and said cap by means of a key 13. Above thisl lower' Wheel 1'1 is anjother, similarfin form, also made rigid with the'shaft 7 lby akey passing through the hub and shaft; Arranged in radial relation to these two ,wheels 1.1.l are a series of propellerblades 12, which areequidistant the one from the other and occupy a perpendicular position. Attached to these same wheels 11, external of the propeller-blades 12 is a second series of propeller-'blades 18, which are arranged at regular intervals and in lines tangent`to 'an inscribedvcircle.I These two sets of propeller-blades12 and 18v are separated the one from the other, 'leaving an intervening space, vand each pair in radial' relation form an obtuse a le as will be seen by reference to Fig.- 2 o the drawings.

Attached tothe bed-plate 2 are ,a suitable number of standards 4, which ser/ve to support a top -plate'14, said plate bei formed with annular concentric flanges on t 'e under side and is `rovided with a hub 1 5 at the center, said ub being fitted with a' bushing or brass 16, which serves as a bearingffor the reduced up er end of the shaft 7. j

,Attaches to the bed-plate 2 and to the late 14 above are a series of dafleetlnglades 17, laced at regular intervals about a circle, saidpblades being of flat metal, slihtlyarranged similar to those, 18, of the propellerthat is, ap roximately tangent to an in scribed circ e. These deflecting-blades 17` are one-half in number of those of the topeIIer, but maybe increased or diminis ed, 1f desired. The inner edges of these deflecting-blades 1,17 are slightly removed from those, 18, of the rofpeller in such manner that the latter may be ee to revolve. v

In operation the apparatus may be partly or altogether submerged in the water. The waves or current -of water enten the wide openings between the deectinflades 17 are directed against the radial b ades at approximately right angles vtothe same, and the force of said waves are incre or less d1- rected against" one-half of said Propellers by Vention." -I0 I liied forme 'general Scoxle gassing through the si'plafce' between.- iavill motor in but one direction.

Various slight inodificfitionsv aridi'clingeslv may be made in-the details of construction Without de artingffrorn 'the spiritl of the inhereforeI-dofnot Wish to confine myself to the exactf'constructionfshown and deslcribed, but Wish toclaim all lsuch niodies would orneproperly Within the us described my i'nvention, Wht

'Having t I desire to ,Secure by Letters Pct- I claim, and

l. A' motor of the cla'ss= describedycoinpris- 'ing an inner rotatable Wheel'halving a series of radially-disposed .propellS-lladee and "a angle, the one Wit the other an intervening space, 1n combinatlon Series of deflecting-b `series of delectin -bledes forrnin an'obtuse With-n series4 of deflecting stationary blades, arrane'ed tangeut'to an inscribed circle, as describe 2. A r'notor of theclass described, compris- Wheel having n series ropeller-blades and a ades ,With intervening space, in` combination with a series of deflecting-stationary-blades arranged tangent to an inscribed circle, said vblades being dished or curved in 'cross-section, as described.

In testimony in presence of two witnesses.

.HENRY F. WEAvrLR, F. J KERRIGAN.

lng an inner rotatable of radially-disposed whereof I ax mysignatufre leaving an y 

